Note of intention
When Klaus Cornfield, singer for the Orchestre Miniature in the Park, asked me in August 2010 if I would like to make a film about their orchestra in the framework of my film series Dasein Projekt, I didn’t hesitate for long.
There were two reasons why.
Firstly: I already knew Klaus and members of the orchestra well, I had already had the oportunity to film them in Paris and Berlin, we had many friends and collaboraters in common. A large part of the artists already represented in the Dasein network had brought me towards them. Dasein Projekt consists of a series of films where the notion of networking and exchange is primordial. So for me it was evident that the family representing the Orchestre Miniature in The Park had its place in the Dasein Projekt.
Secondly: this film had the principal idea to follow the orchestra in France and Spain, on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean. September was promising to be very sunny and simply, the summertime was a great theme for the orchestra, who uniquely play cover songs of which the titles have the word « sun » or « summer ». The sun, and what I call the « sun sensation » constitutes an important notion in my videographic work. Making a documentary in the frame of this trip gave me the occasion to treat it from another angle.
SUN, therefore as the protagonist of this film.
The members of the ORCHESTRE MINIATURE IN THE PARK as messangers for the sun, as an excuse to film. They portray the characters who render history intelligible.
I don’t need to be under the sun to perceive it, above all it is a strong mental image. Thinking of the sun, feeling it, takes me back to my childhood, to something simple. It also takes me back to the moments of my life that have marked me and subtily reappeared despite me, « without any warning » each time gave me a feeling of perfection. I call this the « sun sensation ».
This piece of a driving sensation that will return. It’s the hope of come-back which lets me get up in the morning with the strength and the will to live the beautifull strong moments that our existence offers. The perfect moments.
And so, a film about THE SUN.
And the sensation that it provides, THE SUN SENSATION
So I said « ja! sehr gern! » to Klaus, and I followed the Orchestre Miniature in the Park aka OMP during their musical tour in september 2010, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and in France. Because, after all, we haven’t ever been to Spain.
OMP, is a group of 30 street musicians, based in Berlin, originally from many different countries and different backgrounds. They often reunite to play in the streets, in the parks, or in cafés and clubs when it’s too cold outside.
